GOES-16 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) showed (1) Kármán vortex streets extending downwind (to the north) of Isla Alejandro Selkirk and Robinson Crusoe — part of the Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile, and (2) an actinoform cloud feature farther to the west (which was also moving northward) on... Read More

CIMSS scientists have been working on an update (and improvement) on Geo2Grid software (v 1.1) that can be expected within a couple months. (Beta-testing is ongoing at CIMSS) The animation above shows the Airmass RGB from Himawari-8 (data courtesy JMA) and the Fujiwhara interaction (also discussed on the CIMSS blog here)... Read More